Discovery Box| (0.37) | (1Ki 3:12) | 5 tn Heb “so that there has not been one like you prior to you, and after you one will not arise like you.” |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 18:11) | 3 tn Heb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.” |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 15:12) | 1 tn Traditionally, “counselor,” but this term is more often associated with psychological counseling today, so “adviser” was used in the translation instead. |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 13:1) | 1 tn Heb “Amnon the son of David loved her.” The following verse indicates the extreme nature of his infatuation, so the translation uses “madly in love” here. |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 7:19) | 1 tn Heb “and this was small in your eyes, O Lord God, so you spoke concerning the house of your servant for a distance.” |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 8:8) | 1 tn Heb “Betah” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV), but the name should probably be corrected to “Tebah.” See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:8. |
| (0.37) | (2Sa 7:7) | 2 tn Heb “tribes of Israel” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges of Israel.” |
| (0.37) | (1Sa 24:17) | 1 tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.” |
| (0.37) | (1Sa 23:8) | 1 tn Heb “So Saul mustered all his army for battle to go down to Keilah to besiege against David and his men.” |
| (0.37) | (1Sa 21:4) | 2 tn Heb “have kept themselves from women” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “haven’t had sexual relations recently”; NLT “have not slept with any women recently.” |
| (0.37) | (1Sa 12:9) | 1 tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.” |
| (0.37) | (1Sa 2:2) | 1 sn In this context God’s holiness refers primarily to his sovereignty and incomparability. He is unique and distinct from all other so-called gods. |
| (0.37) | (Rut 4:10) | 3 tn Heb “and from the gate of his place” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “from the court of his birth place”; NIV84 “from the town records.” |
| (0.37) | (Rut 3:10) | 6 tn Heb “whether poor or rich” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); the more common English idiom reverses the order (“rich or poor”; cf. NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT). |
| (0.37) | (Rut 2:16) | 2 tn Heb “do not rebuke her” (so NASB, NRSV); CEV “don’t speak harshly to her”; NLT “don’t give her a hard time.” |
| (0.37) | (Jdg 20:46) | 2 tn Heb “So all the ones who fell from Benjamin were 25,000 men, wielding the sword, in that day, all of these men of strength. |
| (0.37) | (Jdg 11:37) | 2 tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity—I and my friends.” |
| (0.37) | (Jdg 9:1) | 1 sn That is, Gideon, and so throughout Judges 9. Gideon was given the name Jerub Baal (meaning “Let Baal fight”) in Judges 6:32. |
| (0.37) | (Jdg 1:13) | 1 tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel was Caleb’s nephew; so CEV). |
| (0.37) | (Jdg 1:7) | 3 tn Heb “Just as I did, so God has repaid me.” Note that the phrase “to them” has been supplied in the translation to clarify what is meant. |
